F-bomb Dropping

After a marathon that danced with joy and ended in horror, surely we see what sports can mean to a city. By now, after pregame tributes marked by an anthem singer's fist pumps and the most appropriate f-bomb in New England history, yes, we see how sports can serve as the great stage to unite a region and lift its spirit. By now, we even have discovered that Neil Diamond, at age 72, still could sound so good, so good, so good. Through a week of shock and heartache, through this 21st century tableau of fear, social media suspense and ultimately a great degree of relief, sports served as the backdrop for a city that loves sports, lives sports, whose fandom runs the gamut from Puritan...

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